LES MISÉRABLES

Costume Design Monograph 2021
The Pennsylvania State University

Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer (1985)

My designs present Les Misérables with vast world-building inspiration from Victor Hugo’s original 1862 novel while referencing Hugolian theory by Dr. Kathryn Grossman. With this design I argue that the characters in Les Misérables achieve a more beautiful or elevated state of self through an exploration of identity in costume.